China starts building pivotal dam to manage Yellow River, the world’s muddiest waterway

China starts building pivotal dam to manage Yellow River, the world’s muddiest waterway

After decades of planning, construction has begun on a massive new dam on China’s Yellow River in the latest water management project aimed at controlling increasing sediment in the world’s muddiest river. The Guxian Water Conservancy Project, which is located midstream on the river between the central provinces of Shaanxi and Shanxi, officially began construction … Read more